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AMHERST, N.S. – Community colleges in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are coming together to prepare workers for the massive federal shipbuilding program planned for Halifax and for other projects related to the fishery.

Well Happy December! It is really beginning to look a lot like Christmas – shopping malls were crowded on the weekend and now Santa has come to visit! No one appears to be frantic yet – still lots of time.

Living

The holidays are here, there’s no avoiding it! A lot of people get stressed at this time of year, not just with shopping and decorating but also trying to keep up with their healthy living goals as the holiday season goes on.

They may not immediately come across as the sexiest of words to include in your online dating profile, but hear Kimberly Moffit out: Newfoundlanders are making sense when they include "cabin" and "Hortons" in their attempts to attract a partner online.

Last week I took part in the Expo organized by the Aging Well Network and the Cumberland Falls Advisory Committee. This was an event that took place at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in order to raise awareness of the great harm of falling and how the risk of falling can be reduced.

Today, Canada pauses to remember the 14 women who lost their lives 27 years ago at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal.
Since 1989, there have been many school massacres and, unfortunately, we’ve grown somewhat used to them. The Montreal Massacre was different as the gunman, Marc Lépine, had a specific target: women. In 20 minutes, he shot or stabbed 27 people, mostly women, before shooting himself.